Design of a Flintlock, Side Plate, Butt Plate, and Trigger Guard, unnumbered plate from Nouveaux Desseins d'Arquebuserie Inventez et Gravez par Le Sr. Gillot
Claude Gillot is often remembered as an influential teacher of the famous painter Antoine Watteau. A highly accomplished painter, draughtsman and engraver himself, Gillot is noted for his lively and inventive style, free from academic restraint. This print is one of a series of eight sheets of original designs for firearms ornament created by Gillot in the Régence or French Regency style.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design of a Flintlock, Side Plate, Butt Plate, and Trigger Guard, unnumbered plate from Nouveaux Desseins d'Arquebuserie Inventez et Gravez par Le Sr. Gillot
- Engraver: Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1715
- Geography: Paris
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Etching, engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in. (24.4 x 16.6 cm)
- Classification: Works on Paper-Engravings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.403.8
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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